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It is probably a matter of time till Lake Ontario becomes as badly overrun. by them. But I wonder at what point they will crash for lack of food. I am surprised I was able to watch it since I don't have an acct on FB. They are requiring it even to view a public page of a local company like Wegmans or to a Muskies Inc chapter. Small businesses are being screwed bc not everyone is on FB. They are trying to force it.

It has to be tough to get to the right depth. Especially in the lake when the current down below is likely different than it is above and you are working more than 30 or 40 ft down. In smaller lakes,bays and in a river it is easier to determine how deep your bait/jig is. When working that deep in the lake, you may also have to deal with wind drift along with top and deep currents which may all be different directions and speeds. Normally in a river your line has a belly which dampens the feel of the bite but in this scenario you could have multiple bellies making it that much more difficult to feel a fish. Self hooking hooks would be helpful. But as far as I know they don't exist. So heavy jigs or maybe an extra weight above (maybe a sliding weight) and using a low diameter line would help. I was typing as 182ccf replied. To you I would like to ask if it is sometimes difficult at those depths in LO to keep the jig within the cone of the fishfinder? Especially with wind direction going cross current.

Was this site bought out by Untruth social? Or the Malevolent American Grifters Association

I have always used 87 octane in my 1990 Grumman with a 1990 75hp Mercury and 1995 15hp 4stroke Evenrude. I bought the boat used in 1996. I trailer the boat and have mostly been in the habit of keeping the tank full when not in use. In winter I add marine stabilizer. I have recently replaced all the small plastic fuel and oil lines inside the 90hp motor. I rebuilt the carbs many years ago but it didn't solve the problem at the time which turned out to be a weak spark issue. I also recently replaced the fuel line between the fuel tank in the bow and the motors BC it was leaking fumes. Since I trailer the boat, every time I use it the fuel in the tank gets mixed up on the way to the launch. So any stratification that may have existed is eliminated before I run the engines. Also, since I don't keep it on the water, there is less opportunity for water to be absorbed from the air since the boat is mostly kept away from the water where there is more humidity during changes in temperature. If the boat is kept on the water with a partially full tank that has vents to avoid pressure changes, every time there is a change in temperature the tank breathes in humid air, the ethanol will absorb it and sink to the bottom. Over time it will build up. Especially over a season with multiple fuel-ups. That is when you really run into trouble. So docking all the time with low fuel level increases the amount of air in the tank and therefore with a large amount of air in the tank each expansion and contraction cycle will draw in a larger amount of moisture into the system. So IMO it is more of a problem for boats that are on the water all season and when the tanks are not kept topped off.

Thanks Chad. Your post has had a nice warming effect on a cold grey wintery day.

I think that since more and more of the fishing community has been leaning more toward conservation and safely releasing all fish that are not kept, those measurements are becoming less and less important. Once you are set up, length and girth are fairly easy to measure accurately. Bump board for length and soft measuring tape in the net while in the water is easy on the fish and easy to do. Getting an accurate weight is another story. There are just too many things that can cause inaccuracy. The scale must be periodically certified and protected from anything that can affect it's accuracy. And on a boat, the boat is moving, you are moving and the fish may not be still enough to get a steady reading. That is why any official record fish have to be weighed on a certified scale on land. And also, I think that as you get older it also becomes less important.

Best to weigh the net after releasing the fish while the net still has the weight of the water on it. You won't have time to do it just before netting it. Or just know what the net weighs when dripping wet and do the math.

I have heard it said that squeezing the gill plate (cheek) tight between your thumb and fingers (in front area of gill plate) is like a pressure point that will calm the fish down.